Head Of Communications Jobs in Hampshire

Role description

We are looking for two self-motivated individuals to lead our programme delivery. One Programme Manager will be based in London with potential travel required across different locations in England, most likely Reading and Birmingham. The other Programme Manager will be based in Reading with potential travel required across different locations in England, most likely London, Birmingham, and the SE of England.

At the forefront of the organisation, you will be responsible for delivering all programmes allocated to you. Working alongside the Director of Programmes, you will be responsible for leading conversations related to retention and expansion of partnerships to drive our mission.

Our programme delivery involves maintaining partnerships with schools and universities, supporting our volunteers to become highly effective coaches, and managing programmes end-to-end from initial planning through to impact evaluation.

As well as delivering programmes in schools, once qualified as a coach, you will have the opportunity to be a professional coach to young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds currently at university or in the early stages of their career. 

You will also be responsible for the retention and renewal of partnerships within the region. You won’t have responsibility for generating new partnerships, but will be expected to support the CEO and Director of Programmes with identifying new opportunities and partners where you can.

You will flourish in this role if you enjoy thinking quickly, responding to challenges!

Programme coordination and delivery: 

• Coordinate and run multiple in-school and online programmes (core and peer to peer) across the region. 

• Set timelines for programme start and finish dates. 

• Oversee programme quality and communicate with school staff  weekly to provide feedback after sessions. 

• Facilitate in-school or digital workshops for groups of pupils (KS1-5). 

• Plan and organise graduation trips to a local university for pupils on the programme.

• Coordinate and allocate coaches to school programmes, communicating with them weekly and when needed arranging transport for them to schools.

• Collect data for monitoring and evaluation purposes, such as pre and post programme questionnaires, attendance records, and pupil and coach feedback.

• Report regularly to the Director of Programmes on key performance indicators and  programme updates.

• Build and maintain relationships with coaches, pupils and teachers.

• Collect data and write impact reports and case studies.

• Once qualified Coach on our Lifecycle programmes.

Volunteer recruitment and management:

• Recruit and retain volunteer coaches (meeting minimum requirements set termly). 

• Manage volunteers and Head Coaches.

• Deliver coach training to volunteers in person and online. 

• Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university  students and young professionals. 

• Develop and maintain relationships with universities, corporate partners and others.

Contributing to the development of the region and wider organisation:

• Ensure retention of schools within the region by delivering high quality programmes, and leading retention, renewal, and expansion conversations with partners.

• Support a strong and supportive network of schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), universities, corporate partners and others.

• Ensure the retention of volunteer coaches (meeting minimum targets set termly).

• Maintain relationships with coaches, pupils and teachers.

• Contribute to programme design, take part in a working group and whole team meetings.

• Content generation  for social media and marketing materials. 

• Running pupil and school leader focus groups.

• Carry out other tasks that are within the scope and spirit of the role.

Person Specification

Essential characteristics and experience: 

• Passion for social mobility. We have big aims and are looking for those who share our desire to make education fairer in the UK so a person’s background does not determine their future.

• Ability to think on your feet. Volunteer management and working with young people can be unpredictable, so you will need to be comfortable working reactively to solve challenges at short notice.

• Programme or project management experience. 

• Experience with young people. Comfortable running a session or delivering a workshop with a group of young people from age 8-18.

• Relationship building and facilitating. This is a public-facing role so you will be involved in communicating and delivering workshops to groups as well as communicating our mission to a wide range of stakeholders (business leaders, senior members of MATs, universities etc.).

• Experience of coaching or willing to complete a Level 1 Coaching Qualification.

• Experience of sales or partnership management/development.

• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal - and experience of making presentations to diverse audiences.

• Ability to think and plan strategically to achieve successful organisational outcomes.

• Clear analytical skills, and ability to plan ahead and supervise and support operations.

• Ability to make quick and clear decisions.

• Excellent planning skills to ensure effective use of resources and budget.

• Carry out other tasks that are within the scope and spirit of the role.

Desired characteristics and experience: 

Volunteer recruitment and management:

• Understanding of the specific barriers to social mobility and the context for pupils we work with. 

• Experience of sales or partnership management/development.

• Experience of working in education settings.

• Experience of working with and empowering people who have faced challenges in their lives.

Key details

Benefits:

• An opportunity to contribute to a young, exciting charity with scope to input widely and take on new responsibilities.

• Salary of 27,000-£33,000 pro-rata (plus £3,000 London weighting where applicable).

• 28 annual leave days (pro-rata).

• Fridays off during non-term-time (pro rata for team members spending majority of their working week at CoachBright i.e. 3 days or more).

• The opportunity to become a certified coach.

• Access to a £100 individual annual CPD budget in addition to CoachBright’s standard training offer which includes safeguarding, health and safety and diversity, equity and inclusion training).

• Access to a 24-hour employee assisted helpline facilitated independently by Health Assured.

• Access to BrightHR perks which includes an array of discounts in various areas such as retail and technology. 

Key Information:

• Permanent contract.

• Remote role with travel to schools across England. 

• Full-Time/part time position, 35 hours per week pro-rata (with some weekend/evening hours required during volunteer recruitment and training periods which will be acknowledged in TOIL). 

• Reporting to the Director of Programmes.

• Start date as soon as possible.

**Opportunity for home-based working**

Are you an experienced fundraising or sales professional with a passion for the gospel to be shared around the world?

The role of Development Manager within the Partnerships Team at GOD TV is a brand new and very exciting opportunity to unite your passion for the gospel with your skills in fundraising or sales.

If appointed, you will responsible for growing GOD TV’s fundraising revenue streams, especially from HNWI, regular givers and events.

You will also work closely with our Digital and Broadcast Teams to align the ministry’s fundraising offering. This role provides a great opportunity to demonstrate your flare for a creative and strategic approach to fundraising.

If you’re energetic and committed to execution and delivery, you will love the dynamic environment at GOD TV.

This can be a home-based role with occasional travel to our office in Plymouth. National and international travel may also be required as part of the delivery of the role.

For the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the attachment or go to www.god.tv/jobs   

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Young People’s Programmes Communities Coordinator to work as part of our Young People’s Programmes Team.

Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values. We draw on the expertise, unique perspectives and lived experience of our people – regardless of who they are or their background – to help us become inclusive and anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider that reflect the diverse communities we support as a mental health charity.

Our Young Peoples Programmes focus on mental health prevention by delivering upstream resilience building programmes to young people across the UK. Traditionally delivered through workshops in mainstream education and community-based settings, we have recently diversified our approach and our focus is now on engaging and supporting young people from diverse and underserved communities.

Building on our existing programmes we have been through an extensive needs assessment and co-production phase which has provided us with the foundation to design evidence-based and culturally appropriate programmes.

How you will make a difference

• Lead for national/regional level engagement work
• Lead for national/regional level partnership work
• Act as the internal/external lead on rural communities and communities in areas of deprivation
• Act as the lead on co-production across all young people’s programmes
• Work with the Manager of Young Peoples Programmes to develop engagement strategies for priority areas

I will work with the following people and teams

• The Head of Young Peoples Programmes  
• The Manager of Young Peoples Programmes
• The Bloom Engagement Officers
• Engage and collaborate with other Young People’s Programmes Coordinator
• Freelance Training Associates and ensure quality standards are upheld in delivery nationwide
• Engage and collaborate with programme managers in the other founding charities of Mental Health UK – Change Mental Health in Scotland, Adferiad Recovery in Wales and MindWise in Northern Ireland
• Mental Health UK’s Programme Support Officer
• Communications Team for Mental Health UK

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.  We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation

We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

We have a number of Youth Development Lead positions we will be assessing at our assessment centre on the 10th of September. Please note you must be available to attend on that day. If you would like to be considered for more than one specialism, please indicate your preference on your application in the answer box provided. You can find out more about each role specialism and the relevant job description by viewing the adverts on our Careers site, however, you will not be required to submit multiple applications - we will consider all candidates for any suitable role on the day. 

Would you love to be the friendly and welcoming face and voice of the Prince’s Trust, selling our great work to young people and partners in your local area?

Picture yourself planning and attending incredible showcase events with our partners and young people. These gatherings will be the stage where we celebrate the outstanding achievements of The Trust. Whether it's an internal team gathering or an external event, you will play a pivotal role in energising and engaging the people we aim to support. Your enthusiasm will be contagious!

You’ll be passionate about finding creative ways to engage with young people and get them excited about our programmes. You’ll quickly be able to craft a recruitment plan for your local area, working across a virtual team to be the ultimate people connector. You’ll know how to cultivate, spearhead, and nurture fantastic relationships with agencies and partner organisations that can refer eligible young people to The Trust.

Get ready to take centre stage in our mission! You'll ignite enthusiasm in our potential customers, showing them how we can turn their goals into reality. You'll achieve this by delivering sensational sessions and engaging in one-on-one interactions, all geared towards promoting The Trust's remarkable programmes that will thoroughly captivate young individuals and partners alike. We're talking about creating excitement and making dreams come true! Let's make sure our young people have a consistently amazing experience when they come on board our programmes. Keep them engaged by staying in touch and referring them to the right support whenever they need it.

And now for the serious stuff! You’ll help to keep our records squeaky clean by accurately documenting information about our young people, volunteers, and partners. It's all about ensuring each step of their journey aligns with our funding contracts and accurately reflects on our systems.

At The Trust, we're strong advocates for fostering an inclusive workplace, and it would be fantastic if you share that passion too. So, we’d love it if you would be the voice for our Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity drive by crafting a local action plan that aligns with our big EDI goals. Be ready for anything in addition to all these fantastic responsibilities, you might find yourself donning different hats and stepping up whenever needed. Join us at The Princes Trust, where every day is a chance to create a brighter future for our young superstars!

What happens next?  

Please submit a CV, and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferrable skills and motivation to work for The Prince’s Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date. 

Why do we need Youth Development Leads? 

Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with every three in four moving into a positive outcome for either work, education or training. Youth Development Leads play a crucial role in supporting young people, no matter the young person's background or current circumstances, to fulfil their full potential. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of Youth Development Leads! 

Perks for working at The Trust! 

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year 
• Flexible working! Unless the location of the role is remote, the Youth Development Lead role requires a combination of office days and working from home. 
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc. 
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role 
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas. 
• Personal development opportunities through our Networks – PT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network). 
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave. 
• Interest-free season ticket loans 
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme 
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary) 

Equal Opportunities 

Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives. 

We are looking for people who can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.  

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBTQIA+ Network).

Safeguarding 

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks by the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants. 

Unique opportunity to become a refuge service manager creating a safe space for women and children fleeing domestic abuse. Do you enjoying advocating and supporting women and girls? Each year we support 100s of people to come and seek safety with us. 

As a service manager at I Choose Freedom you will be responsible for creating a safe environment for clients and your staff team.

Salary:  £31,500-35,500 - Candidates are likely to start at the bottom of the salary scale 

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday between core hours of 8.30am – 5.30pm

Accountable to: Head of Services (HOS)

Based on site 

Applicants will need to demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices. A full DBS check will be carried out for the successful applicant. Female applicants only, exemption under the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1

The Vacancy 

At Help for Heroes, we believe those who serve our country deserve support when they are wounded. Every day, men and women have to leave their career in the Armed Forces as a result of physical or psychological wounds; their lives changed forever. We help them, and those still serving, to recover and get on with their lives.

And who are we you’re wondering? We are experts and beginners. Generalists and specialists. Ordinary people with an extraordinary passion towards making a positive change to the lives of our veterans (and having fun while doing it).

As One Team we share a philosophy – I.C.A.R.E. It’s the way we walk and talk, the way we interact with others and how we approach everything we do. We are:

Innovative – Collaborative – Authentic – Resourceful – Energetic. 

As a result of growing need within the Armed Forces Community, Help for Heroes has ambitious plans to make a leap in impact, with investment in their High Value Partnerships team to position us as the philanthropic partner of choice for those who can create lasting change for the Armed Forces Community.

No One Left Behind is a £28m fundraising campaign raising life changing and lifetime funds for our Very Seriously Injured cohort of veterans and their families. The Campaign Programme Manager is instrumental in the success of the campaign.

About You

You will have experience in managing multi-dimensional high value fundraising campaigns, with strong project management and relationship management skills.

You will have excellent organisational skills and the ability to work across a number of conflicting deadlines and priorities. You will ideally be able to demonstrate fundraising experience and previous experience of working with high net worth individuals and committees is advantageous.

Flexible, proactive and enthusiastic, you will have excellent communication and influencing skills, and be comfortable adapting confidently to a wide variety of social settings. 

About the Role

In this role you will work closely with the Head of High Value Partnerships, Senior Stewardship and Events Manager and Relationship management teams to ensure effective organisation and project management of the No One Left Behind campaign.

You will be a key contact for the Campaign Advisory Committee members and other internal stakeholders. You will lead on internal communication of the campaign and work closely with marketing teams to develop inspiring campaign resources. You will manage meeting preparation and manage the campaign resource hub to support the committee and relationship management teams.

Sightsavers is looking for a Group Accounting Manager - a new role within our expanding team to ensure our compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements

Salary: £48,901 - £57,531

Location: UK remote - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex when required

Contract: Permanent

Hours: This is a full-time role with flexibility around hours worked, mostly remote working and we are also open to discuss a job-share arrangement

We are looking for an experienced Group Accounting Manager to join our supportive and proactive Group Finance Team.  The Group Accounting Manager will ensure compliance with FRS, Charity SORP and other statutory/ regulatory requirements and provide robust accounting advice to internal stakeholders. Key duties will include:

• ensuring and updating new accounting standards
• collaborating with the Governance and Compliance team
• preparing and reviewing FRS and UKGAAP reporting and technical accounting papers
• advising stakeholders in relation to technical accounting issues
• liaising with auditors on technical accounting issues
• interpreting and implementing new FRS developments/ standards
• providing internal and ad-hoc training and advice on technical accounting
• supporting the Group Accounting and Reporting Manager
• liaison with the Governance and Compliance team

Please read the full job description for further details

You will be flexible with the ability to manage change. To succeed in this role you will need:

• ACCA accounting qualification, or equivalent (essential)
• proven technical knowledge of IFRS accounting standards (essential)
• Charities SORPs gained within an international charity (essential)
• strong technical accounting and writing skills (essential)
• management experience (essential)
• experience of leading on audits and/ or liaising with auditors (essential)
• solid communication skills and executive presence
• outstanding analytical skills (financial modelling)
• the ability to efficiently give priority to activities and carry out regular functions with little or no supervision
• project management and leadership skills
• experience of working in an environment with remote stakeholders
• the ability to make limited trips to the organisation's Country Offices if required

Benefits 

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.

Are you passionate about helping churches engage with God’s mission throughout the world? Can you help BMS World Mission continue to make Jesus known, and improve the quality of life for thousands of people? If you want to play your part in connecting and enthusing churches with Jesus’ global mission, then we want to hear from you!

BMS World Mission is a Christian mission organisation founded in 1792, today we are working in around 30 countries over four continents. We are passionate about making Jesus known across the world and transforming the lives of those we serve.

We’re looking for BMS Regional Speakers (five positions) to nurture and strengthen relationships with churches and gain new regular supporters so we can see more communities transformed in Jesus’ name. You should be an enthusiastic advocate for mission, an excellent public speaker and confident in making a financial ask for BMS. You need to be outcome-driven and work towards agreed targets in the number of successful speaking engagements and new regular givers. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, have a strong commitment to outstanding supporter care, have excellent organisational skills, and be proactive and computer literate. You will have a global vision, a heart for mission and be passionate about the role of the UK church in a growing world church. This is a rewarding and very active role. 

You will conduct 15 speaking engagements to allocated churches in your region. 12 out of the 15 engagements need to take place during the main service, most likely on a Sunday morning. Other engagements can happen on a Saturday or mid-week event. If required and individually agreed, instead of two of the 15 speaking engagements at a church, the role holder might represent BMS at a ministers’ conference or a Christian event. Preparation, training, travel and speaking time are compensated and mileage is reimbursed. 

The time required for this role adds up to about 12 hours per month / 140 hours per year. This is made up of 15 speaking engagements, including the time for travel, arriving early and staying for tea and biscuits (5h per speaking engagement), preparation time (0.5h per engagement), keeping up to date with BMS’ development with our regular publications (about 15h per year), organising speaking engagements, including all communications with the church from the offer of a visit to follow up communications after a visit, recording all communications and raising any changes to role holders (2h per engagement), attending training (online and in person), team and coaching meetings (about 15h per year). 

Please note that BMS deems this role to be inside IR35 and, due to the nature of the role, will contract successful candidates via an Umbrella Agency for pay and tax purposes. You would log your hours on an hours sheet which you would submit quarterly.

The successful applicant will be a committed Christian. The nature of this role means that this is a specific occupational requirement. 

Location: Remote

As there isn't a requirement to come to the office: "The role holder must be based in the United Kingdom, with regular UK travel" You will need a driving license and a car for this role. 

Employment type: Part Time

Interview date: Rolling Interview

If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact, Tabea Dilling, Head of Fundraising, at BMS World Mission or visit our website for more information. 

Do you love working with data? Are you excited by effective solutions? We’d love to invite you to apply for the role of Supporter Development Data Manager with us here at Transforming Lives for Good. At TLG, we’re passionate about building an exceptional staff team that love making a difference to struggling children across the UK. We are continually on the lookout for great people to journey with us and join our vision, and the most recent opportunity is to join our Supporter Development team. We are looking for someone who has demonstrable experience in designing, setting up and maintaining a user-friendly and efficient supporter database and who has a deep commitment the local church and the unique role they can play in helping children who struggle. The successful candidate will have strong data management and analytical skills and be passionate about understanding trends and patterns from our marketing activities and donations.

As our Supporter Development Data Manager, you will maintain and oversee our Supporter Development and Marketing data. This might be data relating to our amazing hope givers or specific marketing campaigns that it’s critical we are storing safely and efficiently. You’ll work in collaboration with our Head of Marketing and Audience Engagement and CRM configuration analyst to ensure optimal and effective solutions are deployed and that our data is up to date and available for regular reporting across the organisation. You may be working with our communications team one day, and with our partnerships team the next, so we’re looking for an individual who can build strong working relationships.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to attend our semi-annual staff conference, team days and integrate fully into our friendly and dynamic staff team. We’re passionate about seeing individuals grow in all God has called them to, and we’d be excited to see how your skills and experiences could help us bring hope and a future for struggling children. TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith.

We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve. 

Hours: Part Time, 24 Hours Per Week

• Closing Date - Wednesday 28th August 
• Initial Interview (Online) - Wednesday 4th September
• Final Interview (In Person) - Wednesday 18th September

Reporting to: Head of Corporate Partnerships

Location of work: Flexible.  Based at home plus office visits for department/organisational away days. Expenses will be paid inline wiht our travel and expenses policy. 

Contract type: Ideally full-time, 35 hours per week, although part time / flexible hours may be considered. The role will require occasional evening and weekend work 

Contract Length: Fixed term, 12 month contract to cover maternity leave 

Salary: £37,500

BACKGROUND

Magic Breakfast is a registered charity providing healthy breakfasts to children and young people in the UK who arrive at school too hungry to learn, and expert support to their schools. Over 200,000 children and young people are on roll at Primary, Secondary, ASL / Special Educational Needs Schools and Pupil Referral Units that the charity works with, in disadvantaged areas of Scotland and England. Providing breakfast ensures that children start their school day with the energy and nutrition they need to be able to make the most of their morning lessons.  Magic Breakfast also undertakes research, and campaigns for long-term solutions to end hunger as a barrier to learning.

This is an exciting time to join Magic Breakfast if you wish to make a difference to the lives of children. We are expanding our team to meet the challenge of ending child morning hunger, both for now and for good.

JOB PURPOSE

As the Corporate Partnerships Manager, you will be responsible for the management and delivery of some of the charity’s most visible and multi-faceted partnerships that support our vision of ensuring that no child or young person is too hungry to learn. With significant corporate supporters like Amazon, Heinz, Kellogg’s, Arla, Warburtons and many others, this is an exciting time to join Magic Breakfast and take ownership of a portfolio of partners and support the team’s objectives

The role will work closely with the Head of Corporate Partnerships, other Fundraising and Development colleagues and cross-organisationally, to deliver high quality, mutually beneficial and impactful corporate partnerships unlocking and fulfilling opportunities to support our charity mission. Working collaboratively across the organisation to deliver best-in-sector corporate partnerships that meet multiple objectives and generate income.

In addition, you will support the development and delivery of our Corporate Partnerships team strategy; forecasting income from your partnerships, reporting and building the capacity of the account management function to enable maximise the potential of our partnerships.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide excellent account management and stakeholder engagement, ensuring that partnerships are effectively stewarded, and objectives are met.
• Ensure all partnerships are well governed with clear partnership vision, objectives and KPIs, with governance structures in place to allow for co-delivery and evaluation of partnership activities.
• Where necessary, liaise with corporate partners and across the charity to launch new partnerships putting requisite processes in place to support their success.
• Seek opportunities to uplift and creatively add value to partnerships by having a thorough understanding Magic Breakfast’s restricted and unrestricted funding needs, including our Gift in Kind requirements.
• Work with wider Fundraising team to help create and deliver stewardship events, and identify referral opportunities (such as new major donors)
• Work closely with the Policy and Engagement team to maximise marketing and communications opportunities for the charity and make use of our corporate partnerships to amplify campaigning messages.  

Please read the full job description attached.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work.

• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

• long service leave ( 1 additional day per year)

• end of year closure

• enhanced pension

• cash back health plan

Please see our job pack below for more informtion 

APPLICATION PROCESS

Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, hr @magicbreakfast. com

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Shortlisting - 19th - 21st August 

First interview -  29th - 30th August 

Second interview -  9th - 10th September 

About Cord

Cord is an international charity working to make peace a reality where people don’t have the freedom to exercise their rights. We work to build the relationship between those in power and local communities. 

We believe that people flourish when all parts of society work together. Peaceful relationships make that possible. The simple act of talking begins a journey of growth which transforms mistrust, includes the excluded and turns adversaries into allies.

Cord operates in eight countries and implements programmes in the following areas:

• Empowering Women & Girls
• Accessing Fundamental Freedoms
• Climate & the Environment
• Economic Empowerment
• Supporting Stronger Societies

Role context:

Cord’s turnover is about £2m a year. About 85% of Cord’s funding is restricted, coming from institutional donors like the EU and the US government, and 15% (about £300K) is unrestricted coming from a committed UK supporter base and other private fundraising streams. 

In 2024, Cord operates in eight countries and has offices in Burundi, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia & Philippines. Cord has a global team of thirty people with finance staff across six country teams. 

The Finance Manager role is a newly created role which is being introduced to strengthen the organisation’s financial management and control systems. The postholder will work across the breadth of the finance function preparing internal management accounts and external annual accounts.

In 2024, Cord changed its finance system to use Business Central. The Finance Manager will become the organisation’s main ‘admin’ user of the finance system. In the near-term, there will be a particular focus on rolling out further functionality of the system.

The Finance Manager will have oversight of the UK finance function through the line management of the UK Finance Officer and will directly deliver on the international side of operations in the areas of donor compliance, programme financial management, partner financial monitoring, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• To support the Head of Operations to provide finance team leadership, develop and deliver an annual finance workplan to ensure continual improvement, and to drive finance capacity across the organisation
• To ensure the effective financial management of the organisation create and maintain effective financial control
• To be the Business Central Finance System Lead, developing functionality, troubleshooting and capacitating system users
• To ensure financial compliance: prepare statutory accounts, partner compliance, donor compliance and financial reporting

Cord operates a hybrid structure in the UK with most team members working from home attending the admin office in Coventry for team meetings.  

We are a small, committed team who love working together to make a huge impact. If you like the sound of us, then look at the recruitment pack and come and join our team!

Location: Home based with UK-wide travel, as required/on occasion

Contract details: Fixed term contract – 12 Months

Salary: £32,300 – £38,000 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Directorate:​ Strategy, Insight & Portfolio

Reporting to: Head of Portfolio and Planning

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented individual to join our Portfolio and Planning team as a Project Manager. As a Project Manager, you are responsible for managing projects from initiation to competition, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required acceptance and quality criteria. This role involves planning, executing and overseeing one or more projects while effectively communicating and managing stakeholder expectations. 

This role will sit within the Portfolio and Planning Team and therefore there will be some PMO and Planning activities to be undertaken on an ad hoc basis. 

Key responsibilities: 

• You are responsible for scoping and completing all associated project documentation (i.e. Business Cases, Scoping Definition Documents, Project Initiation Documents, RAID Logs, Benefit Profiles etc.) 

• You will develop detailed project plans for the full project lifecycle. 

• You will maintain clear and effective communication with stakeholders and develop robust stakeholder management plans. 

• You will identify project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies and develop mitigations which will be captured within the RAID log that will be regularly reviewed and updated. 

• You will ensure all project deliverables follow the Quality Assurance Process. 

• You will manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and costs by completing change management requests and following change management protocols. 

• You are responsible for all project closure activities and will conduct post-project evaluations and document lessons learned. 

• You ensure accuracy of administration with clear audit processing 

• You will maintain records of responses and actions taken against recommendations from meetings 

 The successful candidate will have: 

• Significant experience of successful project and change management. 

• Proven project management experience, in particular projects with an element of complex procurement activities. 

• Experience of planning and organising a broad range of multi-stranded and complex projects, plans and strategies, formulating and adjusting as required. 

• Specialist knowledge through experience of project management, cost management, procurement management, quality assurance, and risk management. 

• Experience of working within a PMO environment. 

• Effective analytical skills, able to review and interpret highly complex and sometimes conflicting information and data and translate into reports, scenarios, schedules of accommodation and specifications, presenting options and recommendations. 

• Effective communication and presentation skills (both verbally and non-verbally), dealing with highly complex or sensitive information communicated to a wide range of individuals and groups at all levels internally and externally. 

• Experience of supporting and coordinating business plans across a number of teams. 

• Experience of drafting a wide range of reports with an ability to summarise a complex set of facts, clearly, accurately, and succinctly to a wide audience. 

• Negotiation, persuasion, and motivational skills, able to gain co-operation at all levels. To include an ability to calmly resolve sensitive issues in a professional manner

• Computer literate with advanced keyboard skills and experience in the use of Microsoft and other software packages for data analysis and report-writing

• An ability to plan and think strategically

• An ability to identify and understand risks to a project(s)

• An ability to work with a high degree of accuracy. 

• Experience in minute taking and maintain accurate records of responses and actions taken against recommendations from meetings. 

If this sounds like the kind of opportunity that you would be interested in; please have a look at the Job Description  and apply. 

How to apply: 

Please complete the application form linked from the ‘apply now’ button. CV’s will NOT be accepted for this position. 

Closing Date – 4th September 2024 with interviews being conducted week commencing 16th September 2024. 

PLEASE NOTE – THIS VACANCY WILL CLOSE BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE IF WE RECEIVE A HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS. 

NFCC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and will require a DBS check to be completed prior to commencing in post. 

NFCC is committed to being an inclusive employer. We comply with the Equality Act 2010, and we believe that everyone deserves to work in safe environments that are free from bullying, harassment and discrimination, abuse, and harm, where they feel supported, welcome, and able to thrive. 

NFCC acknowledges the duty of care to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and is committed to ensuring safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice, all staff are expected to share this commitment 

Are you an experienced grants fundraiser looking for a new opportunity at Europe's largest conservation organisation? Do you have the passion and drive to play your part in saving nature across the UK?

Grants Fundraising Manager
Reference: JUN20248574
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week. Part-time hours will be considered.
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

We are looking for a dynamic individual with initiative and excellent collaboration skills. You will work alongside the Head of Grants, Planning and Development to maximise our grant income, manage some of our key funder relationships and collaborate with fundraising colleagues from RSPB UK Country teams to increase grant income, embodying a one team fundraising approach. 

Although this is a permanent position, there is some flexibility to consider part-time / flexible working.

Responsibilities: 

• Maximise income from existing grant sources and identify and evaluate new income streams to ensure on-going funding of RSPB work.
• Work with colleagues across the RSPB to plan and submit funding bids.
• Manage and maintain relationships with key UK grant funders and external funding bodies, including National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Lottery Community Fund and Landfill Community Fund to maintain and increase financial support for nature conservation programmes across the RSPB. 
• Build effective relationships within the organisation, advising colleagues on funding conditions, ensuring that we maintain funder reporting and compliance expectations. 
• Coordinate UK-wide grant funder communications and campaigns. 
• Create and maintain accurate records in keeping with data protection legislation and team procedures for necessary record keeping and coordinating approaches to funders.

Required Skills and Experience: 

• Proven success in grants fundraising, or related, transferable fundraising skills. 
• Experience in managing and developing strategic funder relationships. 
• Strong advocate capable of working with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to research, develop new opportunities and write funding bids. 
• Ability to work collaboratively to manage cross-organisation and cross-sector funding bids.
• Proficiency in CRM systems, databases, and Microsoft suite. 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Budget management
• Knowledge of legal compliance and due diligence within the charity sector 

Desirable: 

• Interested or experienced in the environmental sector 

Closing date: 23:59, Sunday, 1st September 2024
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 16th September 2024.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

As part of this application process you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

We reserve the right to close this advert once sufficient applications have been received.

No agencies please.

If you want to support young people to find their path to success, then this is the job for you.

We are seeking someone who is organised, great at managing relationships and confident in delivering workshops to young people in schools. Ideally you will have some experience of CRMs, a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Reports to: Head of membership 
Location: We work from home with regular travel to members schools. Due to the location of our members, we are specifically looking for candidates located in London (within the M25).

Key Duties and responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with a portfolio of member schools.

• Ensure our membership is active, engaged and making the most of their membership. 

• Deliver impactful school workshops. 

• Work with colleagues to support delivery with employer partners.

• Grow our membership with effective and impactful sales.

• Contribute to our growth strategy. 

• Be part of an effective, small team.

We are looking for someone who is: 

• Passionate about our mission and supporting young people and schools. 

• Confident in delivering to a group of young people in a school setting.

• Able to build strong relationships and rapport with schools.

• Organised and able to manage complex workloads. 

• Highly motivated to grow our membership and impact more young people.

• Experienced using CRMs, ours is Salesforce.

• Ideally you will have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

We recognise that not all candidates will have all the experience listed. If you are missing a couple please don't hesitate to apply. Above all else we are looking for people who share our mission and are motivated and driven to make a difference. 

On a personal level we value motivation, curiosity, flexibility, openness to new perspectives and approaches, and a friendly and open approach to team working.

Why join Future First?

We are a mission-driven, innovative social mobility charity that believes a young person’s start in life shouldn’t limit their future. in Future First?Our central team is friendly and motivated, and we have a strong network of experienced freelancers, who support across all functions. Our team comes from a variety of backgrounds including partnership development, delivery, teaching, programmes and communications. We value all contributions and offer the possibility to expand and grow the role based on interests.

Ways of working 

We work remotely, with opportunities to come together in person to work, plan and develop. In this role you will also have to travel to your member schools to deliver workshops.

The work is varied and often fast-paced, requiring rapid processing of information, and the ability to act confidently with multiple and senior stakeholders including employers, volunteers and school leaders. 

As with any small, constantly evolving organisation, each individual balances multiple responsibilities, while shaping their role around their skills and interests. 

Salary and Holiday 

This is a permanent position. The salary is £26,000. Future First staff receive pro rata 28 days of leave (in addition to 8 UK public holidays) increasing one day per year of service up to 33.

Application process 

Please submit your CV and a covering letter setting out why you feel you’re a great fit for this role and why you want to work for Future First. Please also note how you heard about the position.

At Future First we are committed to social justice and the value of role models. We value and celebrate people’s diversity and believe this strengthens our team and our work. We are keen to build a workforce that reflects the young people and schools we support. We particularly welcome applications from candidates from racialised communities, and those who attended state school and were in receipt of free school meals and/or were the first in their family to go to university. For questions about the role, please email us.  

Applications will be reviewed as they come in, with 19th August 2024  as the final deadline. 

There will be two rounds of interview, initially via Zoom on 27th August and for those short-listed, in-person in London at a later date. Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted and interviews arranged as soon as possible. 

Future First is committed to safeguarding the staff, volunteers and young people we work with. Where applicable, a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check will be required for the successful candidate.